Granada continued

On a bright and sunny morning, it was time to visit the cathedral precinct:

The first thing to be seen was the Capilla Real or Royal Chapel, built for the Catholic Monarchs between 1506 and 1521. There were warning signs everywhere about NO PHOTOS. I’m not sure whether this was to ensure the purchase of guide books, or simply to speed up visitor progress. It is a beautiful building and contains the tombs of Ferdinand and Isabella in lead-lined coffins in the vault, as well as their daughter, Juana the Mad, and her husband, Philip the Handsome. The following pics show statues of the Monarchs at prayer:

I studied a unit about this period at uni in London, so I was specially pleased to visit the chapel. There are figures of all four carved in Carrara marble above the vault. Here are two of them:

Ferdinand and Isabella.

I had a quick look at the Cathedral next:

Now free to take photos.